jdhmnovel Chapter 208 Becoming a Monk
Chapter 208 Becoming a Monk
Zhou Yu certainly understood the concerns of his two sisters, so he said, "You don't have to worry. Your sister-in-law and I will go ahead, and you can follow slowly on your way.
"If I come across a beautiful place, I will stay and explore it. If anyone asks me, I will just say that I am not feeling well and cannot continue on my journey."
Mrs. Zhou Er smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'll leave Wenwen to accompany you. I'll leave more people for you. There will be absolutely no problem with safety."
Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian looked at each other. Although they knew it was a temporary solution, there was no better way at the moment.
Zhou Wen held his chin and said, "It would be great if the eldest and second sisters could find their ideal husbands. We can get married right now. No matter how powerful that person is, he can't just forcibly take someone else's wife, right?"
"What nonsense!" Mrs. Zhou Er patted her daughter on the head, neither too hard nor too soft, and then said to her two nieces, "Don't listen to Wenwen's nonsense!
"Marriage is a major event in life. Although families like us are not immune to trial and error, why do we have to take the wrong path?
"As an elder, I don't want you to compromise yourselves just to avoid disaster."
Zhou Yu also said: "Aunt is right. If you meet the right person, it doesn't matter if the wedding is a little hasty. The days you spend together after marriage are what are most important.
"It would be unwise to put yourself in a difficult situation because of a momentary impulse."
Qin Ying held the hands of her two sisters-in-law and comforted them softly, "All solutions are invented by people. We don't have the best solution now, but it doesn't mean we won't have one later.
"Isn't it said, 'Things will work out when the time comes'?"
Zhou Qi smiled bitterly: "Besides getting married, is there any better way?"
"Yes!" An An suddenly clapped her hands, tilted her head and suggested with a smile, "How about the two aunts become nuns?"
Everyone in the room fell silent.
Aunt Zhao quickly pulled the child into her arms and said angrily, "You child! What nonsense are you talking about!" She then apologized to everyone, "Children always say things without meaning anything. Don't take it to heart!"
Zhou Mian's eyes lit up, and he murmured, "That's fine. I've never thought about getting married anyway."
"It's not impossible," Qin Ying said with a thoughtful look, "We can build a Taoist temple here for Qi'er and Mianmian, and they can be the masters themselves.
“My life is actually not much different from before I became a monk.
"If I really meet someone I like in the future, it won't be difficult to return to secular life."
Suddenly, the situation became clear to everyone. Mrs. Zhou Er slapped her thigh and said, "That's right! How could I, with my stubborn mind, not be able to adapt? Let's assign more servants to the two girls. Then the temple will have more manpower, right?
"If we buy some more land and rent it out, the food and rent the tenants pay each year will be enough to support the Taoist temple."
Zhou Mian finally smiled and whispered, "My sister and I can make some spices and sell them. We can also grow vegetables and raise chickens..."
Zhou Qi nodded vigorously. "Yes, my sister-in-law said before that she wanted to grow kudzu. If we have nothing to do, we can spin yarn and weave cloth. We can make a living anyway."
The more they talked, the more they felt that the idea was feasible, and finally they all turned their eyes to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu rubbed his forehead and asked seriously, "Qi'er, Mianmian, are you really sure you'd rather toil and live a simple life in the countryside than live a life of luxury in the palace?"
"Yes!" The two sisters nodded in unison, "If we were willing to enter the palace, we wouldn't have come here with our brother.
"What does it mean to enter the palace? It's like being a bird in a cage or a fish in a pond. No matter how gorgeous the cage or pond is, it can't change the nature of its constraints.
"We like the free wind here and the simple folks here. Even though the hard work makes our skin rough and our hands calloused, we are happy in our hearts."
Zhou Yu smiled lightly, but still felt a little worried. "I will definitely leave here someday. Your sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, and Hu Zi will all leave with me. Even so, are you willing to stay?"
"Brother, are you acting like a nerd?" Zhou Wen said first. "Don't monks and Taoists all travel around? Why can't my eldest and second sisters do the same?
“It’s just a small Taoist temple. If we can build one, why can’t we build a second one?
"Even if we don't build any more Taoist temples, can't we just go to another one and register?
"If they don't want to go and rent a house, can't they just live there? Anyway, they will have people to look after them, so they can go anywhere."
Mrs. Zhou Er laughed out loud: "This time I agree with what Wenwen said!"
Zhou Wen raised his eyebrows proudly.
Zhou Yu smiled and nodded: "So, do you think it's feasible?" he asked Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian.
The gloom in Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian's eyes and brows had disappeared. They smiled easily and nodded in agreement. "When we know where our brother and sister-in-law are in the future, we can go there to seek refuge. Perhaps if we feel like it, we can go to the border to visit our uncle and aunt."
Mrs. Zhou Er assured: "I will personally screen the personnel assigned to you to ensure that everything goes smoothly for you!"
The two sisters thanked her solemnly and stood up to bow deeply to Mrs. Zhou Er.
Mrs. Zhou Er hurried to support her, saying distressedly, "Just because I have the extra word 'Aunt', what's the difference between me and your biological mother? In my heart, I love you just as much as Wenwen."
Zhou Yu made the final decision: "Until we have settled our affairs, I'd better not meet with Liu Song."
Having been in Qin County for a long time, Zhou Yu knew where the reliable Taoist temples were. If he wanted to become a monk with a legitimate reason, he had to be granted a Taoist certificate by a high-level Taoist priest. Otherwise, no one would believe it if his words and deeds were not legitimate.
So he decided to take Qin Ying and his two sisters to visit, and An An was going to go with them.
The elders were still a little hesitant, but Zhou Yu and Qin Ying, who knew An An's supernatural powers, agreed first.
On the day of the trip, the weather was sunny and the sky was blue. There was not a trace of wind, and the sun was warm on my body.
Mrs. Zhou and Aunt Zhao watched them leave and get into the car, and both said, "What a wonderful day! This trip will surely go exceptionally smoothly."
Aunt Zhao said, "We used to have two temples here that were very popular, but when there was a famine, no one knew where the monks and Taoists in the temples went...
"Alas, I didn't believe in these things before. If praying to the gods and Buddhas worked, would there still be the famine in those years?"
"That's not the case," Mrs. Zhou Er said gently, "Sometimes you have to believe in these supernatural things.
"Isn't this something that even the gods can control over our two girls now?"
The two of them went back chatting and laughing, and Mrs. Zhou Er followed them to pick mushrooms with great interest.
However, Zhou Yu and his group had a very smooth journey. They set out early in the morning and arrived in front of a Taoist temple at sunset.
I could faintly hear the sound of evening classes coming from inside.
Qin Ying and the others got out of the car and were stunned at the first sight, because the Taoist temple in front of them was very dilapidated. Through the half-collapsed wall, they could see that except for the main hall, the rest of the houses in the courtyard were also dilapidated.